Aa.com's New Fare Display

[AAmech]

Article in the WSJ about a week ago said AA.com was going to start listing their fares without fees and taxes included. Reason given was WN, Airtran and JB all list their fares without said fees. Personally I always found it deceptive when searching for fares to find out WN's didn't include the taxes (WN flies into TUL, the others don't). I wish the DOJ or FTC would step in and create a standard so consumers would know what they are looking at. Of course now that AA is involved they'll probably decide they have a major problem with this practice NOW!

 

[j7915]

Article in the WSJ about a week ago said AA.com was going to start listing their fares without fees and taxes included. Reason given was WN, Airtran and JB all list their fares without said fees. Personally I always found it deceptive when searching for fares to find out WN's didn't include the taxes (WN flies into TUL, the others don't). I wish the DOJ or FTC would step in and create a standard so consumers would know what they are looking at. Of course now that AA is involved they'll probably decide they have a major problem with this practice NOW!

[post="276739"][/post]​

Personally I think that the airport, local gov, and feds should do their own fee collecting directly from the passengers. Place a cash register at the security check point, or have a credit card scanner located where the ID checkers are.

That way the public can get an idea just how much all the airport rigamarole is costing.

 

[kirkpatrick]

Reason given was WN, Airtran and JB all list their fares without said fees.

[post="276739"][/post]​

Whatever is done, we all have to be on the same page. If JB list fares that way, we should do so as well. We can't have it appear our fares are higher because we include taxes and fees.

MK

 

[whlinder]

I agree with the previous two posts.

The grocery store doesn't calculate sales tax for me when I put my cereal in my cart.

 

[eolesen]

Not surprisingly, since the change, I'm told that the number of people purchasing when surfing on AA.Com has gone up.

I'm sure it's just a matter of time before there's a call for a DOJ probe, because it's obviously anticompetitive if we play the game using the LCC's rules...

 

[AAmech]

Not surprisingly, since the change, I'm told that the number of people purchasing when surfing on AA.Com has gone up.

I'm sure it's just a matter of time before there's a call for a DOJ probe, because it's obviously anticompetitive if we play the game using the LCC's rules...

[post="276800"][/post]​

How true!! After all this is the same DOJ that came up with the Novel idea that "Matching" your competitors prices was "Anti-Competitive" and "Preditory"!

 

[Bob Owens]

I agree with the previous two posts.

The grocery store doesn't calculate sales tax for me when I put my cereal in my cart.

[post="276779"][/post]​

Thats because there usually isnt any tax on food goods like cereal.

I think that the posted price should include taxes like gasoline and they do in Europe. This way the consumer knows exactly how much they have to lay out.

 

[eolesen]

Thats because there usually isnt any tax on food goods like cereal.

[post="276857"][/post]​

Not in NY, perhaps, but some states do tax groceries, including VA, OK, TN, and CO.

The only item I can think of right now which is routinely advertised including taxes is motor fuel...

When you consider county and city taxes, it would be virtually impossible for retailiers like Walmart or Home Depot to be able to accurately advertise at a national or even regional level the selling price of a $10 screwdriver set. In one city it might be a 6.25% combined sales tax, in another it may be 7% or 4.5%.

Other service industries like hotels, rental car companies and cruise lines have been doing this for decades. So have the telcoms.

A $19.00 per day rental car quickly becomes $30 when you start figuring in local taxes, airport use fees, etc.

There's no such thing as a $39.00/month cell phone plan once you when you add in all the 911 infrastructure fees, city, county, state and federal telcom taxes.

 

[whlinder]

All the states I shop for groceries in tax my goods.

Not surprisingly, since the change, I'm told that the number of people purchasing when surfing on AA.Com has gone up.

[post="276800"][/post]​

Very interesting. Not surprising at all. YX has been displaying this way as well for some time.

What always gets me is when a newspaper or other media outlet 'compares' fares between multiple carriers lists the price on a couple of carriers without the extra tax & fees vs. the prices on carriers that include the taxes/fees in their fare display. "Oh look how the LCC beat the legacy by $20" 🙄

 

[desertfox]

All the states I shop for groceries in tax my goods.
Very interesting. Not surprising at all. YX has been displaying this way as well for some time.

What always gets me is when a newspaper or other media outlet 'compares' fares between multiple carriers lists the price on a couple of carriers without the extra tax & fees vs. the prices on carriers that include the taxes/fees in their fare display. "Oh look how the LCC beat the legacy by $20" 🙄

[post="276876"][/post]​

This display of price without fee's is nothing new....look at the rental car and hotel pricing. Those "upset" are making a mountain out of a molehill.